Clothes



(No Model.)

J. H. HEY.

CLOTHES. WASHER. No. 273.360; r Patented Mar. 6,1883'.

Wifnssesx QM I N. PETERS, PMu-Liihographu, Winningm. 04 C,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES H. HEY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM S. FORSHEE AND JAMES W. MGMAKIN, OF SAME PLACE.

CLOTH ES-WASH ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,360, dated March 6, 1883.

- Application filed June 9, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JAMES H. HEY, of (Jincinnati, in the county-of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improveinent in Clothes Washers, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional view To of the improved clothes washer. Fig. 2 is a 7 top view of the same. Fig. 3 is a view of the under side, and Fig. 4 is a perspective elevation of a complete device.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved clothes-washer, so arranged that'by the manipulation of the same in washing, air, as well as the water, is used as an agent tor removing dirt from the clothes; and it consists in providing a hollow cylinder with two series of exterior vertical pipes, in which one series extends entirely to the top of the cylinder and communicates with the interior, the lower ends being in communication with an annular perforated channel, and the other series of the vertical surface-pipes extending up to a point midway between the bottom and top of the cylinder, and also communicating with the interior of the cylinder, the lower ends being provided either with sprays or jets or entirely 0 open. Within this cylinder is a plunger or double piston-head, oneot' the heads being designed to operate vertically within the cylinder, below the central apertures, and the upper piston-head operating between the upper and central openings, all of which will now be described in detail.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,A represents a shell or cylinder of suitable diameter and length, having attached thereto per 40 manently at the upper end a cylinder, B, of

equal length, but preferably of smaller diameter. The upper end is provided with a permanent cap or head, 0, having therein one or more perforations or vents,D, provided with a valve, E. The lower end has a cast or stamped head, F, having a number of perforations, G, over the entire surface. This may be attached to the cylinder either-by soldering, by screwing thereon, or in any other suitable manner.

Small studs H on the exposed surface serve as feet or rests for the device when not in 'use.

On the lower end of the cylinder A, on the outside, is an annular chamber or channel-way,

I, either semicircular in section or semi-hexagonal, as shown in Fig. 1, and the lower'face is provided with a series of perforations, J.

K represents a tubing or conduit-pipe connecting below with the annular channel I and extending to the upper end of the cylinder, where the cylinder is provided with an aper- 6o tnre, L. Three or more of these pipes are arranged vertically equidistant from each other around this cylinder.

M represents a pipe or water-conduitsecured vertically to the lower enlarged cylinder, A,open at the lower end or provided with perforations or jets, the upper end of which terminates at thejuncture ot the cylinders A B, and communicates with the interior of the cylinders by the aperture N. Three or more of these conduitpipes are arranged around this cylinder at points midway between the conduit-pipes K.

0 represents the plunger, of even length with the upper cylinder, B, and slightly smaller in diameter, to permit an elastic ring, P, to be placed thereon. This elastic ring serves as a packing for the plunger, and when in operation the ring rolls on the plunger. Thelower end of the plunger has a head, Q, adapted to work loosely'within the cylinder A, so that in operation a small quantity of water is permitted to pass above the head Q. In this event the aperture N and conduitpipes M permit the water above the head to escape. The up. 8 per end of the plunger 0 has'an annular flange, B, to prevent the packing-ring P from working off.

To the plunger is attached permanently the handle ,8, which passes through the opening in the cap 0. At a suitable distance above the cap 0 the handle is provided with an adjust-able collar, T, and a spiral spring, U, is interposed between the collar and head 0, so that the handle and plunger will,in operation, 5 be automatically raised to its hight-stlimit.

A movable handle, V, is secured to the rod S, whereby the operatoris enabled to adjust said handle to any convenient height.

W represents a movable ferrule or thimble :00

designed to embrace the Central y-jointed or hinged handle or rod S for convenience in transportation.

The operation is as follows: The washeris placed on the clothes in the tub and pressure exerted downward on the handle or plunger. This causes air to enter the aperture D on the upper end of the cylinder 13. When the plunger is raised by the action of the spring U the valve E closes, causing the air within the cylinder B to be forcibly expelled through the conduit-pipes K and ejected out through the perforations ot' the annular channel-way I. In the course of operation the water is drawn up into the cylinder A by the head Q, and expelled through the perforated head F, the water and air being alternately injected into and through the clothes with great force, thereby facilitating the washing operation.

What I claim as new is 1. A clothes-washer having the upper end of the cylinder provided with an inlet and valve, and also a suitable outlet, with a conduit-pipe leading therefrom to the bottom of the cylinder, and also having within a packed head or plunger, whereby the water will be expelled from the cylinder as the plunger descends, and air will be expelled from the periphery of the lower end of the cylinder when said plunger returns or is raised, substantially as shown.

2. In cylindersABof unequaldiameters,the

alternating conduit-pipes K, arranged vertically around the periphery and communicating with the interior at their upper ends, and the annular perforated channelway I, communieating with the pipes K, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

3. The cylinders A B, having the aperture D and valve E at the upper end, and the perforated head F at the lower end, in combination with the plunger 0, having the head Q, packing-ring P, and the rod or handle S, having the spring U, substantially as herein'set forth.

4. In a washer, the cylinders A B, having the perforations L N, vertical tubes K M, annular perforated channel I, and perforated bottom F, in combination with the plunger 0, head Q, packing-ring P, handle or red S,and spring U,all operating substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, this 31st day of May, 1882, in the presence of witnesses.

JAMES H. HEY.

YVitnesses J. S. ZERBE, O. J. BAILEY. 

